Addressing machine



Dec 1, 1925. wamzs J. SCHEUNER ADDRESSING MACHINE 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 16, 1923 fl/ I /f Dec. 1 1925- 1,564,025-

J. scHEuNER I ADDRESSING MACHINE Filed April.l6, 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 tmacizm m Dec. 1 1925. 1,564,025

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J. SCHEUNER ADDRESSING MACHINE Filed p il 6. 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 2 M Z7; 10 P Patented Dec. 1, 1925.

UNITED srarss JOHANN S CHEUNER, OF KONOLFENGEN, SWITZERLAND.

i ADDRESSING MACHINE.

Application filed April 16, 1923. Serial No. 632,185.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHANN SGI-IEUNER, a citizen of the Swiss Confederation, and residing at Konolfingen, Switzerland, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Addressing Machines.

My invention relates to addressing machines, and a primary object is to provide an addressing machine in which machinemade lines of type inked by means of roller mechanism are fed intermittently into positional relation with a platen that is alternately moved towards and away from them, the said lines of type being used at the platen for printing an address.

Another object is to provide that at least one of the lines of type opposite the platen shall be brought temporarily into such a printing position by means of members opposed to the platen that it projects beyond the adjacent lines of type.

Conveniently, in a machine wherein the lines of type are arranged standing in a horizontal track transversely thereof, the lines of type for making an impression have allotted to them each a plate that engages with its allotted line at the ends and is raised by a cam.

Preferably, drawers open below and each containing a number of lines of type are intermittently fed along a horizontal track under the platen by means of a rack extending along the track.

A further object is to provide that the feed of the lines of type can be regulated in such a manner that either one or more than one line of type can be elevated and used for making an impression.

A still further object is to provide that according to the position of a control lever one or more than one line of type s'hall'be automatically elevated for printing one address.

Another object is to provide that when no newspaper or other matter is ready in position for being addressed the feed of the drawers of type shall be stopped without stopping the running of the whole machine.

Tothese and other ends, the invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts described hereinafter and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, Wherein- Figure 1 shows the left-hand, and

Figure 1 the righthand half of one form ofaddressing machine according to my invention in longitudinal section.

Figure 2 shows the left-hand, and

Figure 2 the right-hand side of a plan thereof. v

Figure 3 is a vertical cross-section taken on the line IIIIII in Figure 1 as viewed from the right.

Figure 4 is a vertical section taken on the line IV-IV in Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a detail view showing in side elevation a control lever.

Figure 6 is a vertical section taken on the line VI-VI in Figure 1.

Figures 7 and 8 show details in side elevation and plan, respectively, of electromagnetic arresting and inking mechanism.

Figures 9, 10 and 11 show part of the feed mechanism of the drawers for the lines of type, and

Figures 12, 13 and 14 illustrate the movement of the drawers along their track.

Like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views.

According to the drawing, the addressing machine comprises two parallel iron beams 1 of inverted T section whichtogether constitute a track 1 for drawers 2 each in the form of a rectangular frame in which lines of type 3 made by type-setting and casting machines are placed side by side transversely of the longitudinal direction of the drawers. Fillets 4-. for accurately guiding the drawers are provided on the inner sides of the beams 1. Above one of these fillets is a toothed rack 5' (Figures 2 and 4:) having ratchet.

teeth of a pitch exactly equal to the thickness of a line of type; The beam 1 shown in the upper part of Figure 2. is shorter than the lower at the rear or left-hand end by the breadth of an inclined platform 6 that has two angle irons 7 at its longitudinal edges for guiding the drawers 2 on it. These drawers on the platform lie on the limbs of the irons 7 that are directed inwards, i. 9., towards one another. Bearing against the top drawer 2 is a bar 8 of angle iron, from which cords 9 pass over pulleys 10 to other pulleys, not shown, on a shaft so controlled by a torsion spring, that all the drawers tend to be pushed down the platform. This downward slide of the drawers is prevented by twopawls 12 (Figure 4) on a shaft 11 common to them both until the last drawer on the track 1 aforesaid formed by the beams 1 has its rear end situated in the prolongation of or in line with the front edge of the platform (Figure 14). For this purpose the device next to be describedis provided.

For the passage of the lowest drawer from the platform on to the said track 1' between the beams 1 two bridges 14 mounted to swing about pivot pins 13 are provided in line with the horizontal limbs of the angle irons 7. These bridges are normally held in the slanting position shown in'Figure 4 each by a weight 16 carried by a tail piece 15. The bridges 14 are of angle iron and carry a catch or pawl 19 which can slide between the horizontal limb and a guide rod 17, and is constantly pushed by a spring 18 towards the platform. The free bevelled end of this pawl 'c'oacts with the upper side of a nose 20 below the lower edge of the platform and thus-holds the bridges in their slanting position. A lug 21 below the pawl 19 limit-s togetl'ier with the nose 20 the upward movement of the bridges 14. The front bridge 14 has a longitudinal slot 22 into which extends a pin 24 that projects laterally from a lever-arm 23 and drives the latter when the bridge moves downwards. The pin is integral with the one pawl 12 and when moving downwards rocks the pawls' 12 upwards which enter from below into engagement with the next drawer 2 and prevent it from descending further on its track (Figure 13).

Figure 4 shows the device at the moment when the drawer 2"01'1 the track 1' has left the front bridge 14 and the latter, has moved out of the horizontal position into the slanting position in which the pawl 12 is moved by means of the l'eVer' arn'i 23 out of the lowest drawer which is on the platform, so that the drawers can slide down until the lowest drawer is situated on the two bridges me 13). The pawls 19 of the latter are provided each with a' nose 25 extending up wards into'the track 1, which noses are forced back a'lmost intothe'ir'low'est posit-ion by the drawer 2 on the bri dges'du'ring its downward movement. The pawls 19 are drawn down by the noses 20, so that the bridges are moved downwards by the weight of the drawer on them until the latter arrives on the inwardly directed limbs of the beams 1.

In-this position of the drawer a pawl 27, which is pressed by a spring 26 and extends laterally from the rear end of the drawer, engages with the toothed rack 5 (Figure 2). This rack is connected by two arms 28 with a slide 29 which is moved as desired, one, two or three teeth of the rack in the longitudinal direction of the track 1 and shifts the rack, as explained hereinafter. hen the rack .5 moves back the pawl 27 is pressed back by the slanting faces of the teethof the rack, the drawer remains stationary, whilst during the forward movement of the .rack the drawer is driven through a like distance. The drawer and the lines of type in it are thus fed forward intermittently (Figures 1 and 2) to the right.

The slide 29, slidable along the underside of the-beams 1, has a downwardly directed pivot-pin 30 with which two levers 33 and 34 (Figure 2) are connected by links 31 and The lever 33 rocks at one end about a pivot 35 and is pivotally connected at its other end with a rod 36 which under the action of a spring 37 tends to shift the lever 33 and, by means or the parts 31, 30, 32, the slide 29and the lever 34 to the right, that is to say in the direction of feed of the drawers. The lever 34 bears with an anti-friction roller 38 on a cam 39 which, when rotating, moves the lever 34 backwards and by means of the latter and the parts 32, 30, also moves the slide 29back against the action of the spring 37.

The slide 29 carries on its underside a lug 40 (Figures 1, 9, 10, 11) that extends forwards beyond the same and engages at its front end under a cross-liar 42 and, together with one of three stops 43,44, 45, limits the strolreof feed of the slide 29 or of the'rack 5 andthe drawers driven" by the latter. The abutmentfaces of these three stops are staggered relatively to one another each the thickness of one line of type 01 the pitch of the rack in. the longitudinal. direction of the track 1 of the drawers. The stops 43 and 44 are formed by noses or lugs on two slides which constitute the stop-'45 The slides 45 (Figure extend upwards tl'irou'gh the cross-bar 42 and are slidably guided vertically, so that one mother of the noses 43, 44 can be moved into an upper end position, wherein it is situated out'o't reach of the lug 40. In the rear end posi tion of the slide 29 the front end. of the lug 40 is distant on'e thickness of a'linc of type from the lowered stop '43, two thicknesses from the stop 44 and three thicknessesfrom the stop 45, so that the stop" 43 permits a feed of one line (Figure 9). the stop 44 a feed ortwo lines (Figure 10) and the stop 45 a feed of three lines (Figure 11).

In order to bring one or other of the stops 43, 44 into its operative position for limiting the feed, each of the slides 45 is provided at the rear (left-hand) with a pin 46 and 47, respectively. One end of a lever 48 engages under the pin 46 and one end of a lever 49 under the pin 47. These levers have each a downwardly directed nose with which they bear on a shaft 50 that extends at right angles to the length of the levers. This shaft 50 carries under the lever 48 a cam 51. and under the lever 49 a cam 52 which is angularly advanced the breadth of the cam 51 in relation thereto. The shaft 50 carries at its one end a control lever 53 (Figure 5) which can be adjusted into and held in various positions by means of a catch 54 and a curved notched bar 55. In position I of the control lever 53 shown in Figure 5 neither of the levers 48, 49 bears on the cams 51, 52. The stop 43 permits the slide 29 to shift a distance equal to one line (Figure 9); in the position 11 the cam 52 lifts the lever 49, the stop 43 is lifted, the stop 44 remains lowered and a feed motion equal to two lines can occur (Figure 10). hen the lever 53 is in position III both of the levers 48 and 49 are lifted by the cams 51 and 52, and both stops 43 and 44 are lifted and a feed equal to three lines can take place (Figure 11). Thus by adjusting the control lever 53 into one of the three positions a feed corresponding to one, two or three lines of type is effected.

In order to be able to change the feed automatically the stops 43, 44 are provided on the front each with a pin 56 and 57, respectively. One end of a transverse lever 58 bears against the under side of the pin 56, and a transverse lever 59 coacts similarly with the pin 57. The lever 58 is fast on a square axle 60 (Figure 3) journaled at its ends, and the lever 59 is mounted on a like axle 61. These axles 60, 61 are provided each with a pair of arms 62, in each of which pairs a rod 63 and 64 respectively is slid able lengthwise. Fast on the rod 63 is a feeler finger 65, and on the rod 64 a feeler finger 66. These fingers are pulled to the rear each by a spring 67 until a head on the allotted rod 63, 64 bears against the front arm 62. The square axles 60, 61 are provided each on its inner longitudinal side with a fillet or guide rib 68, which is engaged by a heel piece of the allotted feeler finger, so that the latter cannot rotate relative to the axle 60 or 61, but rotates with the same and can nevertheless move in its longitudinal direction.

The square axles are disposed in line with the longitudinal direction of the track 1 of the drawers and are so controlled each by a weighted lever 69 and 70, respectively, that the feeler fingers are pressed upwards against the underside of the lines of type 3 when any of these are within their reach. In order to render the feeler fingers inoperative when the feed is constant, the weighted levers 69 and 70 have each a rearwardly directed pin 71 and 72, respectively,

under which extends a pin 76 suspended by a link 73 from a lever 74 and 75, respectively. These levers 74 and 75 rotatable each about an axle 77 have each on its under side a nose 78. and bear therewith on sectors 79 fast on the said shaft 50.

When the control lever 53 is set in one of the positions LII or III the sectors are situated under the noses 78 and lift the levers 74 and 75- higher, than when these bear directly on them, which is the case whenthe lever 53 is in the position 0 indicated in Figure 5. Owing to the adjustment of the levers 74 and 75 in their upper end position, that is when their noses 78 bear on the sectors, the weighted levers 69 and 70 are lifted by the links 73 and the pins 71, 72, and the feeler fingers 65 and 66 are thereby lowered, so that the latter cannot contact with the under faces of the lines of type 3. In Figure 3 only the finger 65 is shown in this position, whilst the finger 66 is shown in that position, which it occupies when, the levers 74 and 75 being lowered, it enters into a recess 80 in the bot' tom face of a line of type.

In this position of the finger 66 thestop 43 is lifted by means of the lever 59 and the pin 57 under the action of the weighted lever 70, so that the drawers of type can feed forward a distance equal to two lines of type. If the feeler finger 66 cannot enter into any recess in the base of a line of type, the stop 43 remains lowered, whereby the feed, remains limited to one line. If there is present for both fingers 65 and 66 each a recess 80 and81, respectively, in the bases of two successive lines of type, then both the stops 43 and 44 are lifted. The drawers of type are then automatically fed a dis tance equal to three lines of type.

The lines of type for printing on a newspaper or other matter lying on a table 82 between two side guide plates 83 and 84 are lifted each by a plate 85, 86, 87 respectively to a height level with the table top. For

this purpose the lines of type are provided at their ends with laterally open recesses 88 (Figure 3), with which inwardly directed tongues 89 of the plates 85, 86, 87 engage when the lines of type are fed forward. The plates are the same thickness as the lines of type and like these stand one close behind another transversely of the track 1' of the drawers. The lifting of one, two or all three plates is effected by means of two cams 90 which are axially slidable on their shafts 91 and 92 which are positively geared together by two gear wheels 93 and 94. The cams 90 have each a hub provided with a peripheral groove 95. In these grooves there engage from below and above driver members 96 fast on two U bars 97. These bars have their ends fast on two sliding rods 98 disposed parallel with the track 1 of the drawers and carrying dogs 99. The latter engage the outer ends of a yoke 100 fast on the slide 29..

In consequence of this connection of the cams 90 with the slide 29 the cams are moved through equally great longitudinal distances as the slide 29. In the rear position of the slide 29 these cams are directly behind the plate If the slide 29 is fed one step equal to one line of type, the cams 90 are moved under only the plate 85, but if the feed is two or three steps the cams pass under the two plates 85 and 86, or under all three plates 85, 86, 87 respectively, so that when the cams rotate whilst reciprocating, one, two or three plates and. lines of type are lifted.

Owing to the feed of the lines of type occurring before they are lifted, the feeler fingers and 66 must engage the rear or first plate (85) one or two lines of type in advance, that is to say, they must be staggered in relation thereto and to'one another in the longitudinal direction of the track 1 of the drawers, as shown in Figure 2 In order that the feeler fingers shall automatically leave the recesses: in the bases of the lines of type after the latter have been fed, arms 101 are arranged on the plate 85 extending under the weighted levers 69 and 70. Whenever the plate 85 is elevated, which is the case at each printing operation, these arms 101 rock the weighted levers and thereby move the feeler fingers downwards. That finger which at the last feed movement was driven against the action of a spring 67 whilst engagingin a recess in the base of a line of type is then at once pulled by the spring 67 to the rear and can operate again before the next feed movement begins.

Tn order to cause the one or more lines of type that are elevated and print to arrive without fail at the correct height, if it or they should not bear on the apertured bottom of the drawer, there are arranged on the beams 1 inwardly directed stops 102 having their bottom faces slanting upwards towards the rear. By means of these faces any lines of type raised too high are gradu ally pushed down during the feed of the lines. The stops 102' as well as the stops 103 which are arranged in line therewith on the beams 1 forward of the plate 87, prevent the lines of type bearing against the elevated lines from being driven by friction. If only one of the two lines is elevated then the tongues 89 of the plate 86 or 87 take the place of the stops 103.

Above the plates 85, 86, 87 is situated a platen 106 Fig. 1 hung on a vertically'slidable rod 105*, which platen presses the newspaper or the like to be addressed down on the elevated line or lines of type and there- A by eifectsthe printing. When the lines of type rise, the rod is moved down at the same time it is guided in the head of a frame 106 similar to the upper part of a sewing machine and is reciprocated in the same manner as, for example, the needle rod of a sewing machine. This driving mechanism does not constitute part of the subject matter of the present invention and is therefore not described in detail nor illustrated in the drawing.

In order that feed of the drawers shall be prevented, when there is no newspaper or the like on the table, the electrical looking device next to be described, is provided. On the head 107 of the arm 106 a contactspring 109 is secured by'means of a bracket 108, which spring constantly bears on a bar 82 of the table. Vhen there is no matter to be printed on this bar the contact-spring 109 closes the circuit of a source of current 111 (Figure 7 including an electromagnet 112 whose armature is constituted by .a pawl 114 which is arranged to coact with the said lever 33 and is under the pull of a spring 113. When the electromagnet is energized it holds the pawl 114; in its lowest position and thereby locks the lever 33. If, on the contrary, a folded newspaper or the like is placed ready for being addressed, the contact-spring 109 cannot contact with the bar 82 of the table, the electromagnet 112 cannot draw the pawl 114 down to lock the lever 33 which consequently can rock and effect the feed of the drawers (Figures 2 and 7).

Before the lines of type arrive at the plates 85, 86, 87, they are inked by rollers mounted on the beams 1. The latter support flat rails 115 (whereof only one is shown in Figure 1), on which a carriage 116 can run to and fro. It is driven by links 117 and a crank 118. The side plates of the carriage 116 have rearwardly slanting guideways 119 for the journals of an ink roll 120 which rolls to and fro on the lines of type during the reciprocation ofthe carriage 116 and delivers ink to the type. The roll 120 is inked as follows WVhen the carriage 116 has run about half way to the rear, the journals of the roll 120 run on to arms 121 slanting upwards to the rear from the rails 115. and then on to the guide ways 119 of the carriage whereby the roll 120 is lifted until it bears against the front ink-distributing roll 122. The roll 120 is rotated a complete revolution by the latter owing to the carriage being driven sufficiently far to the rear and to the roll 120 sliding on the slanting ways 119 and 121, until its entire periphery is uniformly inked. The journals of the roll 120' then lie in the bottom of the recesses in the sides of the carriage 116 and the roll rolls on the lines of the lines of type are inked very uniformly. The crank-shaft 123 is driven by agrooved pulley 124 on it, which is rotated from below by a cord or the like.

All. of those drawers having lines of type which have been used are automatically thrown out of operation by the device next to be described. The inwardly directed flanges of the beams 1 have their front ends replaced by a swing bridge 126 (Figures 1 and 6) which is mountedto rock about a horizontal axle 125'and is normally held horizontal by a stirrup-like support 127 pivoted at one end on its underside, the lower ends of which support are bent outwards and engage in two cheeks or brackets 129 fast on the beams 1. The support 127 is normally held in engagement with the recesses 128 by means of a spring 130 which is attached at one end to a bow 131 directed downwards from the swing bridge, and at the other end to an arm 182 on the support 127. This arm is connected by a tie 133 with a lever 134 arranged near the pivotal axis of the bridge 126, which lever has an arm extending upwards into the path of the drawers. As soon as the lever 134 is rocked forwards by a drawer, it pulls the lower ends of the stirrup 127 forwards out of the recesses 128, so that the swing bridge with the drawer on it loses its support and tilts downwards under the weight of the drawer.

In order that the drawer shall not slide down off the rearwardly slanting swing bridge before the latter has arrived in the position indicated by chain lines in Figure 1 a pawl 136 (Figure 6), in the form of a lever, is arranged at the rear end of the swing bridge, which pawl is held in such a position by the excess weight of the lower arm in Figure 2 that its nose 137 extending upwards through the swing bridge takes behind the drawer. In the path of the end 138 of the lever which becomes thicker downwards and forms a counterweight is a stop 139 fast on the one of two rails 140 that slant downwards towards the rear and are suspended at their front ends each on one of the side brackets 129. As soon as the swing bridge has arrived in the position shown in chain lines, the heavy end 138 of the pawl 127 hits against the stop 139, whereby the nose 137 is moved downwards and makes clear the downward path of the drawer 011 the swing bridge; this drawer then slides under gravity from off the bridge on to the rails 140 and along these to" the rear end of the machine, whence it is preferably moved to a set of shelves near by. After the swing bridge has been relieved of the weight of the drawer it is returned to its horizontal position by means of a cable 142 connected with it by anarm 141, which tie runs over a guide pulley 143 to a spring barrel 144. In order to prevent both the downward and upward movement of the swing bridge from being too violent it is connected by a rod 145,pivoted to it, with the piston 146 of a dash pot whose cylinder 147 is carried in a frame 149 mounted to swing about horizontal pivot pins 148. A sprocket wheel 150 fast on the shaft 92 serves for driving the machine, this wheel being preferably driven by means of counter shafting not shown in the drawing.

The addressing machine described above. operates, briefly, as follows y The drawers 2 arrivingfrom the platform 6 on to the track 1 between the beams 1, are pushed one after another intermittently by the rack 5 under the inking roll 120 towards the platen 106 and under this until they finally arrive in succession on the swing bridge 126 and, after this has tilted, slide down to the rear over the rails 140. When passing between the platen 106 and the plates 85, 86 and .87 one, two or three of the lines of type are moved upwards by the latter. At the same time, a newspaper or the like on the table 82 is pressed down on the elevated lines of type and is thereby addressed. Whilst the line of type used for printing the address are being lowered, and the one or more lines for making the next impression are being fed forward and elevated and the platen 106 is executing the greater part of its upward and downward movement, the addressed newspaper or the like is removed and replaced by another, which operation may be done manually or automatically by means of a device not constituting part of the present invention. By suitably setting the control lever 53 in one of the notches of the curved bar 55 it can be arranged that the feed of the drawers with the lines of type can take place at will either at a constant speed or automatically one, two or three lines; in the former case, the feeler fingers 65 and 66 are held out of contact with the bases of the lines of type, whilst in the latter case, the fingers cooperate with the staggered recesses 80 and 81 or the under faces of the lines of type, when the feed is to equal two' or three lines. If the'newspaper or the like to be addressed sticks or is hindered from being put in position, the feed of the drawers is automatically stopped by the magnet 112 holding the pawl 114 in its lower end position in consequence of the feeler roller 109 descending. The stoppage of the feed of the lines of type continues whilst the machine is running, until a newspaper or the like is laid at the print ing place. This has the advantage that although the machine does not have to be stopped, no addresses are missed which would otherwise have to be searched for and be subsequently printed or written individually. i It is to be understood that various modifications, in the described constructional details may be made without departing from thescope of the invention as defined in the claims.

I claim 1. In an addressing machine, the combi nationwith a reciprocatory platen, of drawers open below for lines of type arranged side by side therein, means for feeding-the said drawers in succession into positional relation withsaid platen, and means for inking the type in the said drawers while on their way to the said platen. 7

2. In an addressing machine, the combination eta track, a platen movable toward and away from aprinting place on the said track, drawers open below movable alongthe saidtrack for carrying each a row of lines of type arranged side by side, means for feeding said drawers successively along the said track to said "printing place, and means for inking the type in the said drawers while on their way to the printing place. I

'3. In an addressing machine, the combination with a tra'ck,;and a platen movable toward andiaway from a printing place-on the said track, of a drawer open below movable along-the said track for carrying lines of types arranged side by side in a row disposed longitudinally "of the said track, means for intermittently feeding said drawer along the said track past the printing place, means for automatically inking the type in the said drawer while on its way to the printing place, an'd'means moved toward and away from the-said'platen for advancing toward the said platen beyond the adjacent lines of type-at the printing place at leaston'e line'of type into its printing position, i

4. In an addressing machine, the combi nation of a track, a platen movable toward and away from a printing place thereon, a drawer open below movable along the said track past the printing place, lines of type arranged in the said drawer side by side in a row extending longitudinally of the said track, which lines of type are disposed transversely of the said track, means for intermittently feeding said drawer along the said track, means for automatically inking the type while on its way to the printing place, a plurality of plates at the printing place at the side of the said track remote from the said platen, which plates are arranged each to engage a line of type at the printing place, and means for selectively shifting said plateswiththe lines of type engaged "thereby toward the said platen.

5. In anaddressin'g machine, the combination of a track, a platen movable toward d away from a printing place thereon, a dgawer open below movable along the-said track past the printing place, line'sof type arranged in thedrawer 'sideby side in a manoeurow extendin lengthwise of the said track,

wh" ch lines 0 type are disposed transverselyof the said track and have each in their ends recesses, means for intermittently feeding saididrawer along the said track, means for automatically inking the type on its way to the printing place, a plurality oi -plates at the printing place at the sideo'f thesaidnation of a track, a platen movable trans- 1 versely of the -tracktoward and away from a printing place thereon, adrawer open below movable along the said track for carrying lines of typearrang'ed in said drawer in a row extending lengthwise of the said track, a toothed rack extending slidably along the-said track, a pawl carried by said drawer for engaging the said rack, means for intermittently reciprocating said rack and thereby feeding said drawer successively along the said track past the printing place,'and means for inking the type in the said drawer while on its way to the printing place.

7.In an addressing machine, the combination ofa track, a platen movable transversely of the track toward and away from a printing place thereon, a plurality of drawers open below movable along the said track past the printing place, lines of type arranged in each drawer side by side in a row extending lengthwise of the said track, a toothed rack-slidably extending along the said track, a plurality of paw-ls, one carried by each drawer for engaging the said rack, a slide slidable along the said track and operatively connected with said rack, feeding means for reciprocating said slide and rack and thereby feeding said drawers along tne said track past the printing place, means for automatically inking the type while on its way to the printing place, a plurality of plates at the printing place at the side of the said track opposite the said platen, which plates are arranged each to engage in aline of type at the printing place, cams for shifting said plates with the lines of type engaged thereby toward the said platen, and means op'er'atively connecting said slide with said cams for selectively bllllglll." said cams into operative engagement with one ormore of said plates according to the feed of said drawers.

8. In an addressingmachine, the combination of a track, a platen movable transversely of the said track toward and away from 51 grintn n-liacc thereon: a dr er open below movable along the said track, lines of type arranged in said drawer side by side in a row disposed lengthwise of the said track, feeding means for intermittently feeding said drawer along the said track past the printing place, means for automatically inking the type in the said drawer while on its way to the printing place, typeelevating means operatlvely connected with said feeding means and arranged to move toward and away from the said platen for advancing lines of type toward the said platen into printing position at the printing place, and feed-regulating means comprising stops staggered relative to each other the thickness of a line and movable inde pendently one of another into operative relation with said feeding means for simultaneously controlling the feed of the drawer and the elevation of the lines of type.

9. In an addressing machine, the combination of a track, a platen movable transversely of the said track toward and away from a. printing place thereon, a plurality of drawers open below movable along the said track through the printing place, lines of type arranged in each drawer side by side in a row extending lengthwise of the said track, a ratchet toothed rack slidably extending along the said track, a plurality of pawls, one carried by each drawer for engaging the said rack, a slide slidable along the said track and operatively connected with said rack, means for reciprocating said slide and rack and thereby feeding said drawers along the said track, means for antomatically inking the type while on its way to the printing place, a plurality of plates at the printing place at the side of the said track remote from the said platen, which plates are arranged each to engage a line of type at the printing place, came for shifting said plates with the lines of type engaged thereby toward the platen, means operatively connecting said slide with said cams for bringing said cams into operative engagement with one or more of said plates ac cording to the feed of said drawers, and feed-regulating means comprising stops staggered each the thickness of a line in the direction of said track and movable independently one of another into operative relation with said slide for simultaneously controlling the feed of the said drawers and the elevation of the lines of type.

10. In an addressing machine, the combination of a track, a platen movable toward and away from a printing place on the track, a drawer open below movable along the said track for carrying lines of type arranged side by side in a row extending longitudinally of the said track, feeding means for feeding said drawer step by step along the said track through the printing place, each step being equal to the thickness of a line of type, means for automatically inking the type is the said drawer while on its way to the printing place, type-elevating means moved toward and away from the said platen for elevating lines of type at the printing place, and meanscomprising fingers arranged to coact each with a line of type at the printing place for automatically controlling the feed of the said drawer and the elevation of lines of type. i

11. In an addressing machine, the combination of a track, a platen movable transversely of the said track toward and away from a printing place thereon, a drawer open below movable along the said track for carrying lines of type arranged side by side in a row disposed lengthwise of the track, feeding means comprisinga pawl on the said drawer and a ratchet-toothed rack slidable along the said track for feeding said drawer step by step along the said track through the printing place, means for automatically inking the type in the said drawer while on its way to the inking place, type-elevating means operativelv connected with said rack and arranged to move toward and away from said platen for elevating lines of type at the printing place, feed-regulating means comprising stops movable independently one of another into operative relation with said feeding means for simultaneously controlling the feed of the said drawer and the elevation of the lines of type, and controlling means comprising feelers arranged to coact with lines of type at the printing place for controlling the position of said stops in relation to said feeding means.

12. In an addressing machine, the combination of a track, a platen movable toward and away from a printing place thereon, drawers open below movable along the said track for carrying each a row of lines of type arranged side by side, means comprising a slide slidable along the said track for feeding said drawers successively along the said track to said printing place, means for hiking the type in the said drawers while on their way to the printing place, and typefeed arresting means for locking said slide when no matter to be addressed is at the printing place, which arresting means comprises a detent for locking said slide, an electromagnet controlling said detent, a contact-piece adapted to contact with said track when no matter to be addressed is at the printing place, and circuit connections including a source of current connecting said contact-piece and said track with the electromagnet.

13. In an addressing machine, the combination of a track, a platen movable transversely thereof toward and away from a printing place thereon, drawers open below movable along the said track for carrying each a row of lines of type arranged side by side, means comprising-a slide slid'able along the said track for feeding said drawers successively along the said track t-l'irough said printing place, and electromagnetic type-feed arresting means for automatically locking said slide when no matter to be addressed is situated at the printing place.

14. In an addressing machine, the combination with a main track and a platen movable transversely thereof toward and away from a printing place thereon, of an inclined platform disposed at the rear end of the said main track trai'isversely of the same, a bridge pivotally mounted on said main track and arranged to constitute in one position a continuation of said platform and in another position a continuation of said main track, a plurality of drawers open below movable down said platform on to said bridge and on to said main track, lines of type in said drawers, and feeding means on said main track and extending on to said bridge for said drawers for feeding the type through the printing place. Y

15. In an addressing machine, the combination with a main track and a platen movable transversely thereof toward and away from a printing place there-on, of an inclined platform situated at the rear end of the said main track slanting down to the same, a bridge pivotally mounted 'on said main track and arranged to constitute in :its upper position a continuation of said platform, stops for arresting said bridge in a lower position in which it constitutes a continuation of said main track, a plurality of drawers for type slidable down said platform on to said bridge and thence along.

said maintrack, a catch arranged to hold said bridge in its upper position, means on said bridge arranged to be actuated by a drawer thereon when situated in line with said main track and release said catch and thereby permit the said bridge to swing into its lower position under the weight of the drawer on it, and feeding means on said main track and extending on to said'bridge for feeding the drawers with the type through the feeding place.

16. In an addressing machine, the combination with a main horizontal track and a platen reciprocatable vertically opposite a printing place thereon, of an inclined platform disposed at the rear end of the said main track slanting transversely down to the same, a bridge pivotally mounted on said main track and arranged to constitute in its upper slanting position a continuation of said platform and in its lower horizontal position a continuation of said main track, a plurality of drawers open below for lines of type slidable down said platform onto saidbridge and along said main track, and feeding means comprising a rack. slidable along said-main track, andpawls, one on each drawer, arranged to engage saidrack, for feeding the drawers and type through the printing place.

17 In an addressing machine, the co1nbination of atrack, a platen movable towardand away from a printing place thereon, a drawer open below movable along the said track through the printing place, means for feeding said drawer along the said track, the front end part of said track being distinct from the remainder thereof and mounted to swing about a horizontal axis, and means adapted to be released :by a drawer situated -ei'itire-ly on the-said front end part normally holding that part in its upper position.

18. In an addressing machine, the combination of a horizontal track, a platen reciprocatable vertically above a printing pla ce thereon, a drawer movable along the s; id track through the printing place, means for feeding the said drawer along thesaid track, the front end part of said track being separate from the remainder thereof and mounted to swing downwards about a horizontal axis into a rearwardly slanting position, means adapted to be released by the sz-iiddrrawer when situated entirely on the said front'part normally holding that part in its horizontal position, and a catch mounted on the rear end of said front end part for holding a drawer thereon during the downward swinging movement of the same.

19. In an addressing machine, the combination of a track, a platen movable toward and away from a printing place thereon, drawers open below movable along the said track and carrying each line of type .arranged side by side in a row extending lengthwise of the said track, means for feeding said drawers with the type through the printing place, and inking means for inking the type in the said drawers while on their way to the printing place, which inking means comprises a carriage arranged to run along said track above the type, and having rearwardly slanting guide ways at its front end, means for reciprocating said carriage along the said track, said track having forwardly slanting guide ways disposed lengthwise of the same at the rear end of the path of said carriage, ink-distributing rolls mounted at the rear of the latter guide ways, and an ink-applying roll mounted in said carriage with its journals arranged to run .up said guide ways during the reciprocation of the said carriage and be rotated by said ink-distributing rolls, said ink-applying roll being arranged to coactwith type in a drawer under the said carriage and the same.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

JOHANN SGHEUNER. 

